Candace Lukasik
@clukasik.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Religion at Mississippi State University | “Martyrs and Migrants” NYU Press | “Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity” Fordham UP | religion, migration, violence, empire
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Candace Lukasik
@clukasik.bsky.social
· Mar 25
Today is publication day! 🎉
Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire, is now available @nyupress.bsky.social.
Use code NYUAU30 for 30% off:
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Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire, is now available @nyupress.bsky.social.
Use code NYUAU30 for 30% off:
nyupress.org/978147983322...
Looking forward to my talk at Yale University with the Middle Eastern and North African Cultural Community (MENACC) next month!
February 7, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Looking forward to my talk at Yale University with the Middle Eastern and North African Cultural Community (MENACC) next month!
Many thanks to the @curabu.bsky.social for organizing this book talk and conversation in early March! If you’re in Boston, consider joining us: www.bu.edu/cura/2025/12...
January 28, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Many thanks to the @curabu.bsky.social for organizing this book talk and conversation in early March! If you’re in Boston, consider joining us: www.bu.edu/cura/2025/12...
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Sinan Antoon’s ‘Of Loss and Lavender’
In this conversation over e-mail, Sinan Antoon talks about the novel, the fraught nature of collective memory, the process of self-translation, and the sort of “security checkpoints” a book must pass through in the process of translation.
In this conversation over e-mail, Sinan Antoon talks about the novel, the fraught nature of collective memory, the process of self-translation, and the sort of “security checkpoints” a book must pass through in the process of translation.
Sinan Antoon’s ‘Of Loss and Lavender’
In this conversation over e-mail, Sinan Antoon talks about the novel, the fraught nature of collective memory, the process of self-translation, and the sort of “security checkpoints” a book must pass through in the process of translation.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Sinan Antoon’s ‘Of Loss and Lavender’
In this conversation over e-mail, Sinan Antoon talks about the novel, the fraught nature of collective memory, the process of self-translation, and the sort of “security checkpoints” a book must pass through in the process of translation.
In this conversation over e-mail, Sinan Antoon talks about the novel, the fraught nature of collective memory, the process of self-translation, and the sort of “security checkpoints” a book must pass through in the process of translation.
Absolutely thrilled to be working with Leonard McKinnis on this project, “The Idea of Diaspora in the Study of American Religion”! Many thanks to the @aarweb.bsky.social for their support!
January 23, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Absolutely thrilled to be working with Leonard McKinnis on this project, “The Idea of Diaspora in the Study of American Religion”! Many thanks to the @aarweb.bsky.social for their support!
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Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven)
archives.yale.edu/repositories...
archives.yale.edu/repositories...
January 10, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven)
archives.yale.edu/repositories...
archives.yale.edu/repositories...
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"[A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE's] analysis of early Christian conflicts has furthermore taken shape against the backdrop of ever more polarized U.S. political conversations..."
Read an excerpt with author's note from A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE by Christine Shepardson: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/e...
#SCS2026
Read an excerpt with author's note from A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE by Christine Shepardson: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/e...
#SCS2026
Excerpt from "A Memory of Violence"
An excerpt from A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE with commentary from author Christine Sheparson.
www.ucpress.edu
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
"[A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE's] analysis of early Christian conflicts has furthermore taken shape against the backdrop of ever more polarized U.S. political conversations..."
Read an excerpt with author's note from A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE by Christine Shepardson: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/e...
#SCS2026
Read an excerpt with author's note from A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE by Christine Shepardson: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/e...
#SCS2026
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NEW MIDDLE EAST BRIEF: DISAPPEARANCE OR RECONFIGURATION? THE FUTURE OF MIDDLE EASTERN CHRISTIANS
@clukasik.bsky.social argues that focusing on population decline alone obscures how Christian communities are actively reconfiguring their presence and authority.
Read Here: brandeis.edu/crown/public...
@clukasik.bsky.social argues that focusing on population decline alone obscures how Christian communities are actively reconfiguring their presence and authority.
Read Here: brandeis.edu/crown/public...
December 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW MIDDLE EAST BRIEF: DISAPPEARANCE OR RECONFIGURATION? THE FUTURE OF MIDDLE EASTERN CHRISTIANS
@clukasik.bsky.social argues that focusing on population decline alone obscures how Christian communities are actively reconfiguring their presence and authority.
Read Here: brandeis.edu/crown/public...
@clukasik.bsky.social argues that focusing on population decline alone obscures how Christian communities are actively reconfiguring their presence and authority.
Read Here: brandeis.edu/crown/public...
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2025 is coming to a close! Take a look at some of our favorite 2025 YSAR moments. From a graduating cohort that has grown and flourished, to welcoming a new batch of great scholars, this year has been an incredible journey with our YSAR cohorts!
December 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
2025 is coming to a close! Take a look at some of our favorite 2025 YSAR moments. From a graduating cohort that has grown and flourished, to welcoming a new batch of great scholars, this year has been an incredible journey with our YSAR cohorts!
Looking forward to this symposium at معهد الدوحة للدراسات العليا - Doha Institute for Graduate Studies!
My paper is entitled, "Entanglement: The Imperial Encounter and Diasporas of Empire.”
www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/en/News-and-...
My paper is entitled, "Entanglement: The Imperial Encounter and Diasporas of Empire.”
www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/en/News-and-...
December 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Looking forward to this symposium at معهد الدوحة للدراسات العليا - Doha Institute for Graduate Studies!
My paper is entitled, "Entanglement: The Imperial Encounter and Diasporas of Empire.”
www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/en/News-and-...
My paper is entitled, "Entanglement: The Imperial Encounter and Diasporas of Empire.”
www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/en/News-and-...
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Lucie Ryzova's "Portrait of a #Martyr as a Young Man: Social Lives of #Photographs in Revolutionary #Egypt" is open access and out on FirstView!
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
December 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Lucie Ryzova's "Portrait of a #Martyr as a Young Man: Social Lives of #Photographs in Revolutionary #Egypt" is open access and out on FirstView!
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
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We are pleased to announce that Rajbir Singh Judge's PROPHETIC MAHARAJA is the winner of the 2025 Best First Book in the History of Religions from the American Academy of Religion (AAR). buff.ly/aTJkAo6 @rajbirsinghjudge.bsky.socia @aarweb.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We are pleased to announce that Rajbir Singh Judge's PROPHETIC MAHARAJA is the winner of the 2025 Best First Book in the History of Religions from the American Academy of Religion (AAR). buff.ly/aTJkAo6 @rajbirsinghjudge.bsky.socia @aarweb.bsky.social
What an incredible week of celebration. Book panels at AAA and MESA, thinking “Martyrs and Migrants” and Sarah Bakker Kellogg’s “Sonic Icons” together, and a brief stop at AAR, reuniting with people that make my heart full. Thank you all!
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
What an incredible week of celebration. Book panels at AAA and MESA, thinking “Martyrs and Migrants” and Sarah Bakker Kellogg’s “Sonic Icons” together, and a brief stop at AAR, reuniting with people that make my heart full. Thank you all!
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We're concluding another successful AAR-SBL gathering, and it’s been wonderful to connect with all our authors in Boston!
With tomorrow as the final day, we're giving away the remaining display books for free! Swing by Booth 813 starting at 8:30!
#AAR #SBL #AARSBL2025
With tomorrow as the final day, we're giving away the remaining display books for free! Swing by Booth 813 starting at 8:30!
#AAR #SBL #AARSBL2025
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
We're concluding another successful AAR-SBL gathering, and it’s been wonderful to connect with all our authors in Boston!
With tomorrow as the final day, we're giving away the remaining display books for free! Swing by Booth 813 starting at 8:30!
#AAR #SBL #AARSBL2025
With tomorrow as the final day, we're giving away the remaining display books for free! Swing by Booth 813 starting at 8:30!
#AAR #SBL #AARSBL2025
Our symposium on the 20th anniversary of the release of Saba Mahmood’s Politics of Piety is now available online, with thanks to @biqbal.bsky.social for bringing us together. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Our symposium on the 20th anniversary of the release of Saba Mahmood’s Politics of Piety is now available online, with thanks to @biqbal.bsky.social for bringing us together. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Many thanks to Fiona McCallum Guiney for this detailed and incredibly thoughtful review in @ersjournal.com of ‘Martyrs and Migrants’ @nyupress.bsky.social!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Many thanks to Fiona McCallum Guiney for this detailed and incredibly thoughtful review in @ersjournal.com of ‘Martyrs and Migrants’ @nyupress.bsky.social!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🎉Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics is now available @fordhampress.bsky.social!🎉
fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity
Anthropologically explores the entanglement of theology and politics among contemporary Orthodox Christians Much of the anthropological literature on Christianity tends to concentrate on Protestants a...
fordhampress.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🎉Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics is now available @fordhampress.bsky.social!🎉
fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
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20 years after Saddam Hussein’s fall, what can upcoming elections tell us about the future of #Iraq’s democracy? Read our latest Crown Conversation by Killian Clarke, Candace Lukasik, & Kerem Uşşaklı: www.brandeis.edu/crown/public... | @kbclarke.bsky.social @clukasik.bsky.social
A Thousand Saddams: The Fate of Iraq’s Democracy
www.brandeis.edu
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
20 years after Saddam Hussein’s fall, what can upcoming elections tell us about the future of #Iraq’s democracy? Read our latest Crown Conversation by Killian Clarke, Candace Lukasik, & Kerem Uşşaklı: www.brandeis.edu/crown/public... | @kbclarke.bsky.social @clukasik.bsky.social
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#ERSBookReview 📘
"This book offers a fascinating account of the interconnectedness between empire, migration, religion and race".
Fiona McCallum Guineon reviews Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social by @clukasik.bsky.social
Read the full review: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
"This book offers a fascinating account of the interconnectedness between empire, migration, religion and race".
Fiona McCallum Guineon reviews Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social by @clukasik.bsky.social
Read the full review: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#ERSBookReview 📘
"This book offers a fascinating account of the interconnectedness between empire, migration, religion and race".
Fiona McCallum Guineon reviews Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social by @clukasik.bsky.social
Read the full review: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
"This book offers a fascinating account of the interconnectedness between empire, migration, religion and race".
Fiona McCallum Guineon reviews Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social by @clukasik.bsky.social
Read the full review: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
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Candace will also be hosting a workshop on the following day, where she'll delve into her research with Coptic and Assyrian groups. Explore how everyday life unveils the unseen mechanisms of empires.
Workshop: buff.ly/Kz2qan1
@clukasik.bsky.social
Workshop: buff.ly/Kz2qan1
@clukasik.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Candace will also be hosting a workshop on the following day, where she'll delve into her research with Coptic and Assyrian groups. Explore how everyday life unveils the unseen mechanisms of empires.
Workshop: buff.ly/Kz2qan1
@clukasik.bsky.social
Workshop: buff.ly/Kz2qan1
@clukasik.bsky.social
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Join Candace Lukasik on Oct. 30 for a discussion on "Martyrs and Migrants." Delve into how Coptic Christian migrants reshape religious identity through the imagination of the US empire, and explore the ethics of researching these topics.
Don't miss out!
Don't miss out!
October 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Join Candace Lukasik on Oct. 30 for a discussion on "Martyrs and Migrants." Delve into how Coptic Christian migrants reshape religious identity through the imagination of the US empire, and explore the ethics of researching these topics.
Don't miss out!
Don't miss out!
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Last Thursday marked fourteen years since a very painful date: that of the Maspero Massacre in Egypt. Don't miss this new piece by @amyfallas.bsky.social for @timep.bsky.social looking at the politics of memory, the denial of state culpability, and the injustices that remain even today.
NEW: Fourteen years ago, Egyptian security forces killed 28 and injured hundreds, most of them Copts, in front of the Maspero building. In this piece, Amy Fallas revisits the Maspero Massacre, the refusal to acknowledge the past, and the injustices that persist.
timep.org/2025/10/15/a...
timep.org/2025/10/15/a...
October 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Last Thursday marked fourteen years since a very painful date: that of the Maspero Massacre in Egypt. Don't miss this new piece by @amyfallas.bsky.social for @timep.bsky.social looking at the politics of memory, the denial of state culpability, and the injustices that remain even today.
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A huge congratulations to current YSAR members @clukasik.bsky.social and @riccardiswartz.bsky.social on their book Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics!
Learn more about the book and their incredible work: fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
Learn more about the book and their incredible work: fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A huge congratulations to current YSAR members @clukasik.bsky.social and @riccardiswartz.bsky.social on their book Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics!
Learn more about the book and their incredible work: fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
Learn more about the book and their incredible work: fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
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This past weekend we hosted another round of YSAR sessions! Scholars bonded, learned, ate, and explored Indianapolis.
Learn more about the program and the current cohorts: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
Learn more about the program and the current cohorts: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
October 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This past weekend we hosted another round of YSAR sessions! Scholars bonded, learned, ate, and explored Indianapolis.
Learn more about the program and the current cohorts: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
Learn more about the program and the current cohorts: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
I am very much looking forward to my visit to @cmu.edu later this month thanks to @nevineabraham.bsky.social for organizing a rich 2 day visit with a book talk, class visit, and workshop (link in comments). If you are in the area, please join us! @nyupress.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I am very much looking forward to my visit to @cmu.edu later this month thanks to @nevineabraham.bsky.social for organizing a rich 2 day visit with a book talk, class visit, and workshop (link in comments). If you are in the area, please join us! @nyupress.bsky.social